Off-Site Event: LOVE, THEORETICALLY by Ali Hazelwood

Women & Children First is thrilled to host Ali Hazelwood for a conversation and book-signing to celebrate the release of LOVE, THEORETICALLY! For this event, Ali will be joined by authors Danielle Jackson, Sonali Dev, and Shirlene Obuobi! Tickets are required for this event and include a copy of Love, Theoretically.

This ticketed event will be held off-site at Chicago Waldorf School (5200 N Ashland Ave). Tickets include a copy of LOVE, THEORETICALLY. By purchasing a ticket to this event, you agree that you are fully vaccinated and will wear a mask during the event. There will be a book signing after the conversation portion of the event.

Rival physicists collide in a vortex of academic feuds and fake dating shenanigans in this delightfully STEMinist romcom from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis and Love on the Brain.

The many lives of theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway have finally caught up with her. By day, she’s an adjunct professor, toiling away at grading labs and teaching thermodynamics in the hopes of landing tenure. By other day, Elsie makes up for her non-existent paycheck by offering her services as a fake girlfriend, tapping into her expertly honed people-pleasing skills to embody whichever version of herself the client needs.

Honestly, it’s a pretty sweet gig—until her carefully constructed Elsie-verse comes crashing down. Because Jack Smith, the annoyingly attractive and arrogant older brother of her favorite client, turns out to be the cold-hearted experimental physicist who ruined her mentor’s career and undermined the reputation of theorists everywhere. And he’s the same Jack Smith who rules over the physics department at MIT, standing right between Elsie and her dream job.

Elsie is prepared for an all-out war of scholarly sabotage but…those long, penetrating looks? Not having to be anything other than her true self when she’s with him? Will falling into an experimentalist’s orbit finally tempt her to put her most guarded theories on love into practice?

Ali Hazelwood is the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis, as well as a writer of peer-reviewed articles about brain science, in which no one makes out and the ever after is not always happy. Originally from Italy, she lived in Germany and Japan before moving to the US to pursue a PhD in neuroscience. She recently became a professor, which absolutely terrifies her. When Ali is not at work, she can be found running, eating cake pops, or watching sci-fi movies with her two feline overlords (and her slightly-less-feline husband).

Danielle Jackson is a contemporary romance author, avid reader, lackluster-yet-mighty crafter, and accomplished TV binge-watcher. Danielle lives in Chicagoland with her very own romance hero husband, darling daughter, and two tempestuous cats. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram, @DJacksonBooks.

USA Today bestselling author Sonali Dev writes stories Mindy Kaling calls "hilarious and heartwarming." Her novels have been named Best Books of the Year by Library Journal, NPR, the Washington Post, Buzzfeed, PopSugar, and Kirkus. She has won numerous accolades, including the American Library Association’s award for best romance, the RT Reviewer Choice Award, multiple RT Seals of Excellence, has been a RITA® finalist, and has been listed for the Dublin Literary Award. Shelf Awareness calls her “Not only one of the best but one of the bravest romance novelists working today.” She lives in Chicagoland with her husband, two visiting adult children, and the world’s most perfect dog.

Shirlene Obuobi is a Ghanaian-American physician, cartoonist, and author who grew up in Chicago, Illinois; Hot Springs, Arkansas; and The Woodlands, Texas. When she’s not in the hospital (and let’s be honest, even when she is in it), she can be found drawing comics for her graphic medicine platform @shirlywhirlmd, writing stories on her phone, and obsessing over her three cats. She currently lives in Chicago, where she is completing her cardiology fellowship.

Accessibility: The event is hosted at the Chicago Waldorf School, which is an accessible space. For further access questions or requests, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com.

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